Khabib vs. McGregor Press Conference Heading To NYC Sept 20th:

The verbal exchanges will be off the scale.

UFC 229 will have it's premier media day press conference next Thursday in New York City ahead of it's fast approaching October 6th date, with event headliners Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor meeting face to face for the first time since their clash at the Barclays Centre last April ahead of UFC 223.

ESPN reporter Brett Okamoto offered an update on what feels like a genuinely miss managed promotional campaign, particularly with 'The Notorious' one involved, confirming the first official press event at Radio City Music Hall next Thursday evening. A McGregor media tour usually offers a merry-go round of laughs and memorable catchphrases, but also a masterclass of mental warfare in which the Dubliner often tends to beat his opponents before they meet in the Octagon certainly mentally, see the case of José Aldo in 2015.

Khabib and McGregor are sworn rivals dating back to their backstage clash at UFC 205 with Khabib going on to call out the SBG product after a dominant win over Michael Johnson, attempting to comprehend how McGregor was warranted a title shot despite losing to Nate Diaz earlier in the year and making his Lightweight debut that night. McGregor secured the Lightweight crown that same night in November, stopping Eddie Alvarez convincingly in the second round. A 2017 expedition into the boxing world against Floyd Mayweather extended McGregor's hiatus for the birth of his son Conor Jr. and October will mark his return to the sport just shy of two years.

Expect a huge security presence at next Thursday's media day presser with huge animosity between the pair, especially after Khabib is said to have slapped SBG Ireland team member Artem Lobov in an altercation at the Barclays Centre, resulting in McGregor and co's flight to Kennedy and subsequent bus attack in which Nurmagomedov was the target.

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